this was actually a dowry piece of ladyjin.s one of the concubines of emperor guangxu during the 19th century. and the green colour and the white colour indicating a girl's virginity and purity. and you can see there are two insects on there, the katydid and the locust. they are quite prolific reproduces. so it's a great, good wish of the newlyweds, actually, to have lots of offspring. a big part of the work going on here at the museum involves conservation. and mr hong is one of the many experts working behind—the—scenes carrying out this highly skilled work. so, emma, where are we going now? i'm going to show you one of our most important works of art in this museum — it is the cauldron of duke of mao. the date is 3000 years ago. and the outside decoration is modest, but quite important, in fact, is the inscription inside. you can find 500 chinese characters being cast and this is the longest inscription ever found in any ancient chinese bronze. last beijing would like to see a lot of exhibits returned, many trainees in taiwa

this was actually a dowry piece of ladyjin.he concubines of emperor guangxu during the 19th century. and the green colour and the white colour indicating a girl's virginity and purity. and you can see there are two insects on there, the katydid and the locust. they are quite prolific reproduces. so it's a great, great wish of the newly—weds, actually, to have lots of offspring. a big part of the work going on here at the museum involves conservation. and mr hong is one of the many experts working behind—the—scenes carrying out this highly skilled work. so, emma, where are we going now? i'm going to show you one of our most important works of art in this museum — it is the cauldron of duke of mao. the date is 3,000 years ago. and the outside decoration is modest, but quite important, in fact, is the inscription inside. you can find 500 chinese characters being cast and this is the longest inscription ever found in any ancient chinese bronze. was it quite common back in those days to inscribe the inside of a cauldron like this? i

this was actually a dowry piece of ladyjin.reat, good wish of the newlyweds, actually, to have lots of offspring. a big part of the work going on here at the museum involves conservation. and mr hong is one of the many experts working behind—the—scenes carrying out this highly skilled work. so, emma, where are we going now? i'm going to show you one of our most important works of art in this museum — it is the cauldron of duke of mao. the date is 3000 years ago. and the outside decoration is modest, but quite important, in fact, is the inscription inside. you can find 500 chinese characters being cast and this is the longest inscription ever found in any ancient chinese bronze. ever since the end of the civil war in the late 19a0s, there's been a strange relationship between the chinese mainland and taiwan. and while beijing would like to see a lot of the exhibits returned, many chinese in taiwan say that some of these priceless objects may not have survived the purges of china's cultural revolution if they stayed on the mainla